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Another newbee!

I've held etf's since December of 2005. Some have been great and others not so great . I changed the way I've invested, mainly buy and hold now.
I started with EEM, EPP, EWJ, FXI, ILF, VB, VNQ, IJH, VTI, and VTV. A year ago I acquired EFA and IGE.
VB, EWJ, VNQ and VTV haven't performed very well and am thinking of KOL, ECH, EPU and NORW. Any thoughts?
I'm glad I found the site!!

Re: Another newbee!

Welcome Bruce! Thanks for joining us!

I don't trade any of those although I am familiar with EFA. Watch out for a breakout in the dollar hurting that one. As you probably know, the dollar's action is almost 100% inversely impacting that fund. That is, if the dollar is up 0.25%, that fund will likely be down 0.25% from where the EAFE closed.

Re: Another newbee!

Originally Posted by etftalk

Welcome Bruce! Thanks for joining us!

I don't trade any of those although I am familiar with EFA. Watch out for a breakout in the dollar hurting that one. As you probably know, the dollar's action is almost 100% inversely impacting that fund. That is, if the dollar is up 0.25%, that fund will likely be down 0.25% from where the EAFE closed.

Thanks for the explanation. Although I've invested in etf's for 5 years I don't know much about the charts, moving avgs etc.